Now it's time to make flying geese. Have you done this before? It is pretty straight forward. Take one pink or red piece and lay one black 4 1/2" square on top, aligned to the right side. Draw a diagonal line from bottom right, to upper left. Pin this so that it doesn't shift as you sew.

Sew on the marked line. You can cut off the rest, or as I did, sew another line parallel that will give you an HST to use at some other time. Cut apart and press to the black.

Do the same on the left side and you should end up with this flying geese block. Not quite like the traditional flying geese block as you will have more than 1/4" above your center point. But that's what the Modern quilting is about, taking traditional and making it something new. Right?

Make 4 more flying geese (5 altogether) and lay them out with the one black piece, putting the black one wherever you like. Hopefully we will all put it in a slightly different spot, giving a great random layout for the winner of these blocks.

Now simply sew together. Trim it square to a 12 1/2" block.

Have fun, make one. Or two, or a whole flock of geese. As always, each block = one ticket.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November meeting: 7:00 pm, Thursday, November 22 at the Royal Canadian Legion, 411 Gorge Road. Note: this month our meeting will be on the 4th Thursday, rather than the usual 3rd Thursday of the month.